Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light, Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love
Okay, I’ve played about all the Final Fantasy I can play before I get totally frustrated, and I promised to write a review (which I completely forgot about), so having been sufficiently bothered by it, I guess it’s time to make my opinion, which I will reiterate in mass later and then link to here. So, there we go.
Also played another part of Sakura Wars, and it continues to be a bit silly. The game isn’t as transparent about what it going on than I was expecting, but the characters are nice. I’m glad that the majority of the main characters inexplicably hate me, because that’s fun. Although the lawyer continues to be an obnoxious character, and now I am in the point where I’m walking into a lion’s den, I.e., her office.
There were some weird things though. For some reason, the Japanese main character decides to go to the Japanese display at the museum, and upon seeing a sword, suddenly feels a strange energy. Yes, it turns out that all Japanese people are in tune to supernatural powers, and the awesome side character decides to comment how the MC is duty-bound to protect Japan. Mind…he is currently in New York. I’m amazed how he is able to protect a country on the other side of the world by flirting with chicks from Texas.
Also, the character went to Harlem, and there was honest-to-god gang graffiti in the background. Graffiti! In 1928 New York! What the hell? You can’t even pretend that you’re paying any attention at this point; I don’t care if there are steam mechs.
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What I Played Today: October 13
Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love
I really need to stop buying new games, but here I am again, playing something new. I have been reading an awesome Let’s Play about Sakura Wars, which was only released in Japan, and thought to myself, “Hey, this is the kind of gameplay I can get behind. Wait, wasn’t there a North American release of some game in the series recently?” It was! The fifth entry in the series, set in America and starring the main character’s nephew, gets set to fight demons in mechs in New York City. And he meets some chicks and has to be friendly with them to increase their stats so they can fight better. It’s an interesting idea for a series, combining dating sims with tactical combat, and so I decided to try it out.
It’s not bad, pretty stupid crazy, and I’m not exactly enamored with any of the characters I’ve met so far. The redhaired girl is a huge Texas stereotype, wholesome she may be, the black chick is a bit of a bitch and her background makes absolutely no sense in 1928, and the Japanese girl (?) is a bit androgynous and aloof. There is a blonde girl coming later, but she seems pretty…submissive, and of course, it’s a Japanese game, so there’s an underage girl later down the line. She seems awesome though, a Hispanic chick with dual-firearms, but that’s not exactly someone I want to court…which is what the game will no doubt imply. So…yeah. But I got through Chapter 1, in which there is a crisis of faith, and there’s a power outage, and the Statue of Liberty, and all kinds of awesome stuff. Woo.
I really need to stop buying new games, but here I am again, playing something new. I have been reading an awesome Let’s Play about Sakura Wars, which was only released in Japan, and thought to myself, “Hey, this is the kind of gameplay I can get behind. Wait, wasn’t there a North American release of some game in the series recently?” It was! The fifth entry in the series, set in America and starring the main character’s nephew, gets set to fight demons in mechs in New York City. And he meets some chicks and has to be friendly with them to increase their stats so they can fight better. It’s an interesting idea for a series, combining dating sims with tactical combat, and so I decided to try it out.It’s not bad, pretty stupid crazy, and I’m not exactly enamored with any of the characters I’ve met so far. The redhaired girl is a huge Texas stereotype, wholesome she may be, the black chick is a bit of a bitch and her background makes absolutely no sense in 1928, and the Japanese girl (?) is a bit androgynous and aloof. There is a blonde girl coming later, but she seems pretty…submissive, and of course, it’s a Japanese game, so there’s an underage girl later down the line. She seems awesome though, a Hispanic chick with dual-firearms, but that’s not exactly someone I want to court…which is what the game will no doubt imply. So…yeah. But I got through Chapter 1, in which there is a crisis of faith, and there’s a power outage, and the Statue of Liberty, and all kinds of awesome stuff. Woo.
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